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14 The people removed the altars and incense altars [C to pagan gods] in Jerusalem and threw them into the Kidron Valley.

15 They ·killed [slaughtered] the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and the Levites were ashamed [C because others are doing what they should be doing], so they ·made themselves holy [consecrated/purified/sanctified themselves] and brought burnt offerings into the ·Temple [L house] of the Lord. 16 They took their ·regular places [stations; posts] in the ·Temple [L house] as the ·Teachings [law] of Moses, the man of God, ·commanded [prescribed]. The Levites gave the blood [C from the sacrifices] to the priests, who sprinkled it [C on the altar].

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14 They removed the altars(A) in Jerusalem and cleared away the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley.(B)

15 They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and the Levites were ashamed and consecrated(C) themselves and brought burnt offerings to the temple of the Lord. 16 Then they took up their regular positions(D) as prescribed in the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests splashed against the altar the blood handed to them by the Levites.

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